Got my 6.6kw solar system hooked up in December.
I did a little research beforehand and wanted to get something that would support a 'diy' battery vs something from tesla etc.
I then found the battery on Aliexpress and it mentioned supporting a few inverter brands I recognised. I figured no point posting links, They arent paying me and I'm not here talking about battery specifics, more a general Aliexpress success story. Obviously do your own research, if the price is too good to be true, its probably rubbish. but only time will tell in my case
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No installers around me listed this inverter specifically but I emailed a few who dealt with Goodwe and said they could install this (at a cost of course).
I was super happy with the installers, they were very nice, and more than happy to answer all my questions about brackets, mounting locations etc.
The 10-week wait for the battery was a little stressful, but not as much as switching this on for the first time.
I was annoyed to realise the listing I purchased didn't include tax, so when it arrived in the country I was contacted by the logistics company and had an invoice to pay.
The instal went relatively painless (lots of wait time to research). Except, I could not get the BMS to 'communicate' properly with the inverter. The seller was very helpful, even sent me the USB>ethernet cable and walked me through checking some things via 'Teamviewer'.
We couldn't find the problem so I was running without comm cable for a time.
Turns out the Goodwe doesn't/can't communicate with the BMS when you set the battery to 'self define'. So now I am running it as 'default' in the Goodwe menus, and it seems to be reading everything it should be.
This installation coincided with me also setting up home assistant, I was extremely happy to find the Goodwe was supported, and have had fun scheduling things like lights and AC to come on based on charge levels or PV production. I am also working on another portable 5kw system that will be used for traveling, and when I'm home will power some other off-grid 'circuits' to reduce draw on main battery, and power things like fridge if the power goes out. (I think my inverter can support offgrid /backup mode but that would've been costlier to setup, and I wanted to do the extra battery anyway)
Everything has been running hands-off for over a week now, so I'm finally ready to share
I did a little research beforehand and wanted to get something that would support a 'diy' battery vs something from tesla etc.
I then found the battery on Aliexpress and it mentioned supporting a few inverter brands I recognised. I figured no point posting links, They arent paying me and I'm not here talking about battery specifics, more a general Aliexpress success story. Obviously do your own research, if the price is too good to be true, its probably rubbish. but only time will tell in my case
.No installers around me listed this inverter specifically but I emailed a few who dealt with Goodwe and said they could install this (at a cost of course).
I was super happy with the installers, they were very nice, and more than happy to answer all my questions about brackets, mounting locations etc.
The 10-week wait for the battery was a little stressful, but not as much as switching this on for the first time.
I was annoyed to realise the listing I purchased didn't include tax, so when it arrived in the country I was contacted by the logistics company and had an invoice to pay.
The instal went relatively painless (lots of wait time to research). Except, I could not get the BMS to 'communicate' properly with the inverter. The seller was very helpful, even sent me the USB>ethernet cable and walked me through checking some things via 'Teamviewer'.
We couldn't find the problem so I was running without comm cable for a time.
Turns out the Goodwe doesn't/can't communicate with the BMS when you set the battery to 'self define'. So now I am running it as 'default' in the Goodwe menus, and it seems to be reading everything it should be.
This installation coincided with me also setting up home assistant, I was extremely happy to find the Goodwe was supported, and have had fun scheduling things like lights and AC to come on based on charge levels or PV production. I am also working on another portable 5kw system that will be used for traveling, and when I'm home will power some other off-grid 'circuits' to reduce draw on main battery, and power things like fridge if the power goes out. (I think my inverter can support offgrid /backup mode but that would've been costlier to setup, and I wanted to do the extra battery anyway)
Everything has been running hands-off for over a week now, so I'm finally ready to share
